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Word: Scale
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: shortening of Old French escale, from the Germanic base of scale
skeɪl
each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.
Short Definition:each of small plates protecting skin of fish and reptiles
a thick, dry flake of skin.
Short Definition:thick dry flake of skin
a flaky covering or deposit.
Short Definition:flaky deposit
Word: Scale
Speech Type: Verb
skeɪl
remove scale or scales from
Short Definition:remove scale or scales from
Examples:- he scales the fish and removes the innards
(especially of the skin) form scales
Short Definition:form scales
Examples:- the skin may scale and peel away with itching, stinging, or burning sensations in the infected area
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